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		<title>By: gorio, calif.</title>
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		<dc:creator>gorio, calif.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Obama leadership is acting very predictably biased toward the paranoia stricken leftist dogma.  Recently a reliable source determined that the 30B already spent has gone to democratic &quot;friends&quot; of Obama at a rate of two to one over his &quot;non-friends&quot;,this makes sense as he will always do the &quot;payback&quot; thing its the democratic/Chicago/Obama way, but now he is really in a dilema he KNOWS that small business is the key to turning this economy around and that he has to do SOMETHING to help get them back in the game but they are overwhemingly republican or conservative democrat and carry the &quot;them&quot; label that the left identifies as the source of all capitalist evil. They are NOT going to get his help simply because his worldview doesn&#039;t allow their existence except as 
an unlimited resource of capitalist ill gotten gains to be &quot;spread around&quot; to his &quot;friends&quot;.  Its really not more complicated than that. The economy will not fare well. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Obama leadership is acting very predictably biased toward the paranoia stricken leftist dogma.  Recently a reliable source determined that the 30B already spent has gone to democratic &quot;friends&quot; of Obama at a rate of two to one over his &quot;non-friends&quot;,this makes sense as he will always do the &quot;payback&quot; thing its the democratic/Chicago/Obama way, but now he is really in a dilema he KNOWS that small business is the key to turning this economy around and that he has to do SOMETHING to help get them back in the game but they are overwhemingly republican or conservative democrat and carry the &quot;them&quot; label that the left identifies as the source of all capitalist evil. They are NOT going to get his help simply because his worldview doesn&#039;t allow their existence except as</p>
<p>an unlimited resource of capitalist ill gotten gains to be &quot;spread around&quot; to his &quot;friends&quot;.  Its really not more complicated than that. The economy will not fare well.</p>
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		<title>By: Penny Wyatt Nashvill</title>
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		<dc:creator>Penny Wyatt Nashvill</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FDR tried to legislate a second bill of rights, but then there were brave citizens who stood up to him and refused to allow America to go down a path that looks and feels remarkably like socialism. It appears that our current president wants to grow government and then wield the big ax of crushing taxation, diminished liberties, rationed health care, and stunted education.  The best way for a people to be overtaken and bonded subserviently to a government or rather leaders of that government is to disarm them, relieve them of their assets/money, and produce an uneducated populace. Too many leaders have given lip service to improving education and have thrown a great deal of money at the too politically correct system, but it appears to me that an uneducated population, uncapable of critical thinking and unable to read about the past, is ripe to willingly submit to Obama&#039;s agenda without so much as a whimper from many citizens and especially not from those elected officials who are supposed to be represending our interests. Talk about dereliction of duty...  The way many of our senators and representatives act like lap dogs to their parties not only scares me, but makes me sick. An uneducation population is easy to control.  Throw them a few perky incentives and they will vote acordingly as long as the perks keep coming.  They won&#039;t even be able to dream of a better future.  That would require thinking, planning, and pursuing a better future.  People depending on entitlements will begat people depending on entitlements and freedom and independence will perish.  When the perks stop, Americans won&#039;t know what to do.  The government wins and Americans, not among the inner circle of governemnt, will lose. 
 
Health care:  To the media czars, do not pretend to speak for the majority unless you have actually interviewed the majority. On the contrary, according to my figures based on the people I have talked to, most people do not want health care controlled by the US government.  Polls are easily skewed toward an opinion simply by the population sample. The leaders in government have proved themselves inept repeatedly.  If their proposed health care plan is so good, then why is there an exclusion for members of congress?  According to my sources, the plan Ted Kennedy is associated with specifically excludes members of congress.  I also don&#039;t see Mr. Obama setting the example, leading the charge by declaring that he and his family will be bound by government run health care. But rather, I see the president and members of congress behaving as elitists entitled to lavish perks the rest of us will be denied. But, it will be the rest of us who pay for their care.  It is a true pity when journalists and other media moguls twist the news in order to further their own agenda or the agenda they must support to retain their jobs.  Once upon a time, the nightly news meant just that; now it seems to mean nothing more than an opportunity to propagandize. Same goes for printed media as well. 
 
Let me be clear.  I very much want everyone to be insured, but I do not want government employees deciding whether or not my child&#039;s life is worth the cost of her health care.  I do not want universal government run health care.  The potential for fraud and back room deals for health care is too great.  Especially among our elected leaders. Just look at all the leaders who are lawbreakers, and then try and convince me that these same criminals should be in control of something as important as health care.  
 
 
The history I understand does not suport the notion that the government can tax its way into solvency.  But, rather crushing taxes are likely to kill American motivation, productivity, ingenuity, and sense of patriotism. 
 
A poorly educationed citizenship, disarmament of the American people, heavy taxation without proper representation, which is what we currently are facing, and health care benefits dependent on the financial stability and benelovence of the US government will result in diminshed liberty.  America will become just another ho hum country engendering no respect or symnpathy from other nations.  We will be in neither the position to defend ourselves nor other weak nations from the ravages of aggressive entities. American most certainly will not be the &quot;city of the hill&quot;  shining light onto the world. 
 
Wish I could share my views with someone who cares and who can do something. Having no voice is so frustrating as I stand by watching the fiasco going on in Washington. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FDR tried to legislate a second bill of rights, but then there were brave citizens who stood up to him and refused to allow America to go down a path that looks and feels remarkably like socialism. It appears that our current president wants to grow government and then wield the big ax of crushing taxation, diminished liberties, rationed health care, and stunted education.  The best way for a people to be overtaken and bonded subserviently to a government or rather leaders of that government is to disarm them, relieve them of their assets/money, and produce an uneducated populace. Too many leaders have given lip service to improving education and have thrown a great deal of money at the too politically correct system, but it appears to me that an uneducated population, uncapable of critical thinking and unable to read about the past, is ripe to willingly submit to Obama&#039;s agenda without so much as a whimper from many citizens and especially not from those elected officials who are supposed to be represending our interests. Talk about dereliction of duty&#8230;  The way many of our senators and representatives act like lap dogs to their parties not only scares me, but makes me sick. An uneducation population is easy to control.  Throw them a few perky incentives and they will vote acordingly as long as the perks keep coming.  They won&#039;t even be able to dream of a better future.  That would require thinking, planning, and pursuing a better future.  People depending on entitlements will begat people depending on entitlements and freedom and independence will perish.  When the perks stop, Americans won&#039;t know what to do.  The government wins and Americans, not among the inner circle of governemnt, will lose.</p>
<p>Health care:  To the media czars, do not pretend to speak for the majority unless you have actually interviewed the majority. On the contrary, according to my figures based on the people I have talked to, most people do not want health care controlled by the US government.  Polls are easily skewed toward an opinion simply by the population sample. The leaders in government have proved themselves inept repeatedly.  If their proposed health care plan is so good, then why is there an exclusion for members of congress?  According to my sources, the plan Ted Kennedy is associated with specifically excludes members of congress.  I also don&#039;t see Mr. Obama setting the example, leading the charge by declaring that he and his family will be bound by government run health care. But rather, I see the president and members of congress behaving as elitists entitled to lavish perks the rest of us will be denied. But, it will be the rest of us who pay for their care.  It is a true pity when journalists and other media moguls twist the news in order to further their own agenda or the agenda they must support to retain their jobs.  Once upon a time, the nightly news meant just that; now it seems to mean nothing more than an opportunity to propagandize. Same goes for printed media as well.</p>
<p>Let me be clear.  I very much want everyone to be insured, but I do not want government employees deciding whether or not my child&#039;s life is worth the cost of her health care.  I do not want universal government run health care.  The potential for fraud and back room deals for health care is too great.  Especially among our elected leaders. Just look at all the leaders who are lawbreakers, and then try and convince me that these same criminals should be in control of something as important as health care. </p>
<p>The history I understand does not suport the notion that the government can tax its way into solvency.  But, rather crushing taxes are likely to kill American motivation, productivity, ingenuity, and sense of patriotism.</p>
<p>A poorly educationed citizenship, disarmament of the American people, heavy taxation without proper representation, which is what we currently are facing, and health care benefits dependent on the financial stability and benelovence of the US government will result in diminshed liberty.  America will become just another ho hum country engendering no respect or symnpathy from other nations.  We will be in neither the position to defend ourselves nor other weak nations from the ravages of aggressive entities. American most certainly will not be the &quot;city of the hill&quot;  shining light onto the world.</p>
<p>Wish I could share my views with someone who cares and who can do something. Having no voice is so frustrating as I stand by watching the fiasco going on in Washington.</p>
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		<title>By: New Orleans, Louisia</title>
		<link>http://blog.heritage.org/2009/07/14/morning-bell-cutting-recovery-off-at-the-knees/#comment-42445</link>
		<dc:creator>New Orleans, Louisia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This proposal by Obama is another nonsense issue that only a culture that believes they deserve something for nothing exists. 
What is more disturbing to me is as in New Orleans where the education level is low and the common sense is non existent the system that will yield these aided students will continue to escalate into what in the 80&#039;s was called &quot;social promotion&quot;. The roles of schools will be filled the academic level will drop and the government will force society to hire these ill trained and educated individuals in to positions where they make policy. A complete death spiral. 
The Obama position is to direct any and all favortism, intervention, and entitlement to the ever growing population of dependent do-nothings that are created by policies of democrats and liberals to keep them in office. Again another aspect to the death spiral. 
Keeping the trash is one thing, putting trash in the position to make policy is beyond stupid, we should call it Obampidity </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This proposal by Obama is another nonsense issue that only a culture that believes they deserve something for nothing exists.</p>
<p>What is more disturbing to me is as in New Orleans where the education level is low and the common sense is non existent the system that will yield these aided students will continue to escalate into what in the 80&#039;s was called &quot;social promotion&quot;. The roles of schools will be filled the academic level will drop and the government will force society to hire these ill trained and educated individuals in to positions where they make policy. A complete death spiral.</p>
<p>The Obama position is to direct any and all favortism, intervention, and entitlement to the ever growing population of dependent do-nothings that are created by policies of democrats and liberals to keep them in office. Again another aspect to the death spiral.</p>
<p>Keeping the trash is one thing, putting trash in the position to make policy is beyond stupid, we should call it Obampidity</p>
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		<title>By: $1 TRILLION for Democrats&#8217; Criminalization of America&#8217;s Health Care &#171; America, You Asked For It!</title>
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		<dc:creator>$1 TRILLION for Democrats&#8217; Criminalization of America&#8217;s Health Care &#171; America, You Asked For It!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Last week CNS News reported that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) introduced legislation calling for a $540-billion tax hike to pay for the health plan that President Barack Obama insists will be “deficit neutral.” This tax is a new surtax on households earning $350,000 and above. It starts at 1%, bumping up to 1.5% at $500,000 in income and to 5.4% at $1 million. Since many small business owners fall within this income range, this surtax will also be a huge job killer. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Last week CNS News reported that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) introduced legislation calling for a $540-billion tax hike to pay for the health plan that President Barack Obama insists will be “deficit neutral.” This tax is a new surtax on households earning $350,000 and above. It starts at 1%, bumping up to 1.5% at $500,000 in income and to 5.4% at $1 million. Since many small business owners fall within this income range, this surtax will also be a huge job killer. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Mike - Texas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike - Texas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone with some clout needs to start connecting the dots. Stop looking at the issues as they drop each &quot;bomb&quot; and connect the dots. 
 
Here&#039;s a hint to help you along; 
 
In 1970, at one of the Weathermen Underground rallies,  Bernadine Dohrn pledged two things; &quot;We will overthrow this imperialist government, and secondly, &quot;we are going to destroy this capitalist system&quot;. 
 
While the Weathermen Underground dissolved in the mid-70&#039;s Bernadine and Bill Ayers did NOT go away, they got smarter, changed their mantra, and formed a new group called Prairie Fire Organizing Committee. In the manifesto for that group, signed by Dohrn, Ayers, and Jeff Jones they stated; &quot;We have adopted Marxist-Stalinist views and will seek to establish a classless society; communism. We are communists.&quot; 
 
Stop looking at each issue at it is hurled at us and connect the dots. Please... we are in serious trouble. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone with some clout needs to start connecting the dots. Stop looking at the issues as they drop each &quot;bomb&quot; and connect the dots.</p>
<p>Here&#039;s a hint to help you along;</p>
<p>In 1970, at one of the Weathermen Underground rallies,  Bernadine Dohrn pledged two things; &quot;We will overthrow this imperialist government, and secondly, &quot;we are going to destroy this capitalist system&quot;.</p>
<p>While the Weathermen Underground dissolved in the mid-70&#039;s Bernadine and Bill Ayers did NOT go away, they got smarter, changed their mantra, and formed a new group called Prairie Fire Organizing Committee. In the manifesto for that group, signed by Dohrn, Ayers, and Jeff Jones they stated; &quot;We have adopted Marxist-Stalinist views and will seek to establish a classless society; communism. We are communists.&quot;</p>
<p>Stop looking at each issue at it is hurled at us and connect the dots. Please&#8230; we are in serious trouble.</p>
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		<title>By: PacoofAmerica, Detro</title>
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		<dc:creator>PacoofAmerica, Detro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is a travisty that our &quot;representatives&quot; are apparently so stipid or greedy that they can&#039;t see they are going to destroy the golden goose that makes America such a great land of opportunity.  Freedom and Liberty of our Middle Class is being destroyed right before our eyes.  The power wielders in the federal government are declaring war against those who have been successful and have decided that Socialism is the answer.  Obama promotes class warfare between the less successful and the more successful.  His redistribution of wealth is Socialism.  Not freedom of choice, not the liberty to be able to follow one&#039;s peaceful endevours,  but servitude to the Federal Government, through more and more taxes, health care extortion and &quot;energy&quot; blackmail disguised as a fight against a global warming problem that doesn&#039;t exist. 
I&#039;m truly exasperated. 
 
Paco </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a travisty that our &quot;representatives&quot; are apparently so stipid or greedy that they can&#039;t see they are going to destroy the golden goose that makes America such a great land of opportunity.  Freedom and Liberty of our Middle Class is being destroyed right before our eyes.  The power wielders in the federal government are declaring war against those who have been successful and have decided that Socialism is the answer.  Obama promotes class warfare between the less successful and the more successful.  His redistribution of wealth is Socialism.  Not freedom of choice, not the liberty to be able to follow one&#039;s peaceful endevours,  but servitude to the Federal Government, through more and more taxes, health care extortion and &quot;energy&quot; blackmail disguised as a fight against a global warming problem that doesn&#039;t exist.</p>
<p>I&#039;m truly exasperated.</p>
<p>Paco</p>
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		<title>By: Matt. Pacifico, Mary</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt. Pacifico, Mary</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Reading some of the info released about the proposed healthcare plan. If it&#039;s to be so great and wonderful. Why are the Politicians exempt from having to buy into it. Remember the guy with the largest Ponsi scheme. Well Mr. Obama and the Senate and Congress are trumping his plan by a whole lot. 
 
Oh and when did we get Czars on the payroll. Who do they really answer to? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reading some of the info released about the proposed healthcare plan. If it&#039;s to be so great and wonderful. Why are the Politicians exempt from having to buy into it. Remember the guy with the largest Ponsi scheme. Well Mr. Obama and the Senate and Congress are trumping his plan by a whole lot.</p>
<p>Oh and when did we get Czars on the payroll. Who do they really answer to?</p>
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		<title>By: Gary Randall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gary Randall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Many Americans are waking up but it is up to us to keep spreading the word.  At work, in church, in our communities.  We are the protectors of the American way of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.   Two other Americans who are doing this are Gov. Sarah Palin and former Congressman from Michigan Tim Walberg.  Sarah took a stand against out of control government spending in Alaska.  She took action by sacrificing for her state and her country.  By doing what is right!  I applaud her, she is a patriot.  Tim Walberg this week announced he will run agaisnt the recently elected ultra left, big spend congressman Mark Schauer.  Refusing to accept the destructive practices Schauer is voting for in Congress.  When others like these stand up support them anyway you can.  Take action every day and fight for your country.  Confront Obama when you can.  I did yesterday, asking him to read the Declaration of Independance, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights. And to read it without his radical world view.  Yes, even he can be won over by such great documents. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many Americans are waking up but it is up to us to keep spreading the word.  At work, in church, in our communities.  We are the protectors of the American way of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.   Two other Americans who are doing this are Gov. Sarah Palin and former Congressman from Michigan Tim Walberg.  Sarah took a stand against out of control government spending in Alaska.  She took action by sacrificing for her state and her country.  By doing what is right!  I applaud her, she is a patriot.  Tim Walberg this week announced he will run agaisnt the recently elected ultra left, big spend congressman Mark Schauer.  Refusing to accept the destructive practices Schauer is voting for in Congress.  When others like these stand up support them anyway you can.  Take action every day and fight for your country.  Confront Obama when you can.  I did yesterday, asking him to read the Declaration of Independance, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights. And to read it without his radical world view.  Yes, even he can be won over by such great documents.</p>
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		<title>By: Cathy Amelio, New Je</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cathy Amelio, New Je</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When will the citizens in the Republic wake up and see what is happening to this country?  If these bills pass we can join Venezuela as it seems the American people love dictatorship!  Tax and spend?  Blame it on the Republicans?  The House and Senate have been ruled by the Democratic for years so we should thank them for this mess!   
WAKE UP AMERICA, YOUR FREEDOMS ARE GOING DOWN THE DRAIN! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When will the citizens in the Republic wake up and see what is happening to this country?  If these bills pass we can join Venezuela as it seems the American people love dictatorship!  Tax and spend?  Blame it on the Republicans?  The House and Senate have been ruled by the Democratic for years so we should thank them for this mess!  </p>
<p>WAKE UP AMERICA, YOUR FREEDOMS ARE GOING DOWN THE DRAIN!</p>
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		<title>By: jim sardis,ms</title>
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		<dc:creator>jim sardis,ms</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Richard,nailed it.besides,the social programs being pushed through,the banks were given billions to shed their bad paper and pad their assets and now are making profits;the unions were taken care of by taking TARP billions to pay union pension/benefits that the automakers did not have;GE and the &#039;green&#039; groups are lined up for billions in grants and contracts etc etc etc.the people that ran the banks into the ground are still robbing their same companies and the politicians that caused the banking problems are still doing the same things they were doing.jobs are being eliminated in manufacturing insuring nothing will be left but working for the government union jobs.where will money come from to run the corruption in government?the only,hope we have is that the people who elected obama will see what he has done and vote out the incumbents next year. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard,nailed it.besides,the social programs being pushed through,the banks were given billions to shed their bad paper and pad their assets and now are making profits;the unions were taken care of by taking TARP billions to pay union pension/benefits that the automakers did not have;GE and the &#039;green&#039; groups are lined up for billions in grants and contracts etc etc etc.the people that ran the banks into the ground are still robbing their same companies and the politicians that caused the banking problems are still doing the same things they were doing.jobs are being eliminated in manufacturing insuring nothing will be left but working for the government union jobs.where will money come from to run the corruption in government?the only,hope we have is that the people who elected obama will see what he has done and vote out the incumbents next year.</p>
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